Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books, 1875-1925Main MenuThe American Experiment: Circus in ContextCircus performers and American history timelineRouting the Circus: The Things They CarriedCircus Routes Map, 1875-1925Ethnological Congresses and the Spectacleby Rebecca FitzsimmonsOutsiders in Demand: Chinese and Japanese Immigrant Performersby Angela Yon and Mariah WahlShattering Gender Roles: Women in the Circusby Elizabeth HarmanSide Show Sounds: Black Bandleaders Respond to ExoticismAnnexed Circus Musicians by Elizabeth C. HartmanNative Performance and Identity in The Wild West Showby Mariah WahlShowmen's Rests: The Final CurtainCircus Cemetery Plots by Elizabeth C. HartmanList of PerformersPerformers covered in this exhibitBibliography & Further ReadingsBibliography and readings for each chapterAcknowledgementsAngela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
Zitella Jane (Green) Flynn
12021-03-25T06:02:57-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f13829413Biographyplain10642852021-04-29T14:22:42-07:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1Big Cat Trainers/ TamersKnown as a well-rounded artist, Zitella performed in many different acts from burlesque to comedy to being in an acrobatic troupe.17 In the circus route books collection, she is often listed as a singer or sketch artist, and a male impersonator. The latter title is likely related to her work as a strong woman, reinforcing the fact that it was not ‘acceptable’ for women to have strength equal or greater to that of men.
1media/zitellaflynn_footlightnotes_thumb.jpg2021-03-14T15:07:51-07:00Zitella3Cabinet Photograph of Mlle. Zitellamedia/zitellaflynn_footlightnotes.jpgplain2021-04-26T06:04:21-07:001880Media is provided here for educational purposes only.